Type-holder



(No Model.)

. L. K. SOOTFORD.

TYPE HOLDER. No. 481,286. Patented Aug. 23,- 1892'.

UNITED STATES LOUIS K. SOOTFORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TYPE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,286, dated August23, 1892.

Application filed June 10, 1891. Serial No. 395,776- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,L0U1s K. SCOTFORD, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Type-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in type-holders for rubber type;and it consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is aperspective view of a rubber-type holder embodying my inventron. Fig. 2is a cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view illustratinganother embodiment of certain features of the in ven-' tion. Figs. 4:and 5 are similar views illustrating other embodiments of said mainfeatures of the invention.

In said drawings, A indicates a block or support, of wood or othersuitable material, to which is secured a handle A.

B B B B are strips or partitions forming grooves O O O in which therubber types D D are placed and held. Said partitions or strips are madewider or thicker at their outer than at their inner edges, so as torender the spaces or type-grooves O C 0 between said partitions narrowerat their outerthau at their inner parts.

In the particular construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawingsthe inner strips or partitions B B are formed by means of strips ofsheet metal secured in grooves a a in the block A, which grooves areundercut or widened at their lower edges, so as to form shoulders a aupon the opposite side walls of said grooves a a. The partitions B B areformed from doubled, folded, or U-shape'd strips of metal, the freeedges of which are bent outwardly to form lateral flanges b b, which areinserted in the lower or Wider parts of the grooves a a beneath theshoulders a a. The desired form is given to the open spaces or typegrooves between the strips B B by bending the metal thereof so that thesides of the partitions converge or are inclined to ward each other asthey approach the block A, as shown in the drawings, the type-groovesthus being made of dovetail shape or wider at their inner than at theirouter parts. The outer or marginal strips B are preferably formed withone part or fold Z) wider than the other, and the wider fold 1) extendsdown upon the outer surface of the block A and is attached thereto bymeans of nails or screws b b The narrow folds of said strips B 3 areshown in said Figs. 1 and 2 as formed in thesamemanner as the edges ofthepartitionstrips B B with flanges 12 11 which are engaged withshoulders a a upon the sides of the block A.

E E are plates secured to the end of the block A and covering the endsof the strips or partitions B B, so as to close the ends of thetype-grooves and form a neat finish at the ends of the holder.

The form of construction illustrated in Fig. 3 comprises a block F,provided with longitudinal grooves ff, and strips or partitions G G G Gof doubled, folded, or U-shaped strips of sheet metal. In this instancethe edges of the U-shaped strips of metal G G are inserted in thegrooves ff, and the strips are held within said grooves by means of thinstrips d d of wood, metal, or other suitable material inserted betweenthe margins of the folded strips and acting to force and hold themargins of the strips against the sides of the said grooves ff.

The partitions G G are formed with their bent outer portions greater inwidth than their inner parts, so as to make the typegrooves narrower attheir outer than at their inner parts. In this form of construction theouter or marginal. strips G G are each made with the outer side or foldlonger than the other and adapted to extend overand to be secured to theouter edges of the block F, as shown in the nails 11 2', insertedthrough the bent or folded parts of the strips into the block H. Thefree edges of said strips are bent or curved outwardly from each other,as shown in the drawings, thus making the spaces between the partitionsor type-grooves narrower at their cuter than at the inner parts. In thisform of construction the marginal strips 1 l are formed substantially inthe same manner as the marginal strips G G, (shown in Fig. 3,) eachbeing provided with awide part or fold 2", adapted for attachment to theside of the block, as before described, the narrow fold i being arrangedto abut against the upper face of the block I-I.

Fig. 5 shows a holder having one groove only for holding a single lineof type. In this instance the block or support J is provided withmarginal grooves or rabbets jj and the type-groove is formed by means ofdoubled or folded metal strips K K,the inner folds 70 k of which areengaged with the grooves j 7', while the outer and longer folds 7t 70extend over and are secured to the side edges of the block or support.The inner folds 7t 7a are bent or inclined outwardly, so

as to give a dovetail form to the type-groove 1n the same manner as inthe other forms of holder shown.

I am aware that type-holders for rubber type have heretofore been madein which a block or support provided with straight longitudinal grooves,within which the types are placed, has been employed; but suchconstructions have been found to be unsatisfactory from the fact thatunless the rubber types are very accurately out upon their sides, or, inother words, if one or both sides of said rubber type are not exactlyperpendicular to the face of the type, the type when inserted in saidgrooves in the block or support will not stand with its face parallelwith the face of said block or support, but will be tilted to one sidein proportion to the amount of inclination of its sides.

By constructing the type-holder in accord ance with my invention,however, this obj ection is effectually overcome by making thetype-grooves wider at their inner than at their outer parts, ashereinbefore described, so that the bearings of the partition-stripsagainst the sides of said types in each instance is at the top oradjacent to the printing-face of the type. If one or both of the sidesof the type are out slanting, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 3 at d,said type may be placed in position between the partition-strips withits rear face in contact with the face of the block and itsprinting-face accurately parallel with the latter, notwithstanding theobliquity of the side face or faces of the type-groove. If the sidewalls of the groove or channel were parallel, the type would be inclinedto one side and the printing-face of the type would be out of line withother types which might be held in the channels or grooves.

I claim as my invention- 1. A holder for rubber type, comprising a blockor support provided with one or more type-grooves the side walls ofwhich are composed of doubled or folded sheets of metal, said groovesbeing made wider at their inner than at their outer parts by theconverging of said folded or doubled side walls, substantially asdescribed.

2. A holder for rubber type, comprising a block provided with groovesand strips of metaldoubled or folded and having their edges inserted andsecured in said grooves in the block, substantially as described.

3. A holder for rubber type, comprising a block or supportwith dovetailgrooves and metal strips doubled or folded and having outwardly flaringor flanged margins engaging said dovetail grooves, substantially as described.

4. A holder for rubber type, comprising a block or support and metalstrips doubled or folded and secured to said block to form typegrooves,those strips which are adjacent to the side edges of the block beingextended over said side edges and secured to the latter, substantiallyas described.

5. A holder for rubber type, comprising a block or support and doubledor folded sheetmetal strips attached to the block to form type-grooves,those strips adjacent to the side edges of the block being extended overand secured to the same and the said block being provided with groovesbetween its side edges into which the intermediate metal strips areinserted, substantially as described.

6. A holder for rubber type, comprising a block having intermediate andmarginal grooves and sheet-metal strips doubled or folded and secured tothe block to form typogrooves, the external strips adjacent to the sideedges of the block being extended over and secured to the latter andhaving their inner edges engaged with said grooves and the intermediatestrips having their free edges engaged and held within the intermediategrooves, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS K. SOOTFORD.

Witnesses:

O. CLARENCE PooLn, GEO. W. HIGGINS, J r.

